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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... gas equation • Causes ... • Most common cause ... hypoxemic respiratory failure ... #Respiratory #Failure
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Congestive Heart Failure ... • Renal Failure ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
Diastolic Heart Failure ... - Pericardial Effusion ... Systolic Heart Failure ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocardium: - Heart failure ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... syndrome Other Causes
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Congestive heart failure ... 2LmUODZ #Pleural #Effusion ... Algorithm #Hepatology #causes
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute ... PRE-RENAL Impaired perfusion ... : • Cardiac failure ... Prerenal #Postrenal #Failure
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Congestive Heart Failure ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Hypermagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism
Renal Failure 
Excessive Mg Administration 
 - Massive PO intake
Mechanism Renal Failure ... Excessive IV Mg infusion ... Magnesium #Table #Causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... on improving perfusion ... Acidosis: Hypoxic/Failure ... Reduced tissue perfusion ... /DKA - Liver failure
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
first‐line tool (Figure ... predictive of all‐cause ... mortality and heart failure ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #POCUS